Stuart Attwell is appointed referee for Manchester City vs. Everton

Manchester City return to Premier League action on Sunday and it is also a return of sorts for Stuart Attwell after his 'controversial' performance when City played Brighton away last season.

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STUART ATTWELL

Well, well, well, another controversial refereeing appointment you could say after Antonio Mateu Lahoz was appointed to take charge of City's Champions League game against Club Brugge - this time it is the return of Stuart Attwell, who you might remember from dismissed Joao Cancelo and somehow didn't send off Alireza Jahanbakhsh for a knee high studs up challenge as City threw away a two goal lead to lose 3-2 against Brighton at the Amex last season. Attwell has refereed City a total of 15 times, with City winning 11 of them - sending off 3 City players in the process.

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FULL APPOINTMENTS

Referee: Stuart Attwell

Assistants: Lee Betts and Harry Lennard

Fourth Official: Craig Pawson

VAR: Chris Kavanagh

Assistant VAR: Darren Cann

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Written by: @coIgcra

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